Access Restriction Bypass Affecting ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu package, versions <58.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-UBIQUITYSLIDESHOWUBUNTU-261817
  • published28 Sept 2012
  • disclosed28 Sept 2012

Introduced: 28 Sep 2012

CVE-2012-0956  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu to version 58.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu package and not the ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu before 58.2, during installation, allows remote man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML and read arbitrary files via a crafted attribute in the <a> tag of a Twitter feed.

CVSS Base Scores

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